Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006

Periods relevant to football matches

13 For paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to that Act (meaning of period relevant to a football match) substitute—

“(2) For the purposes of this Schedule each of the following periods is ‘relevant to’ a football match to which this Schedule applies—

(a) in the case of a match which takes place on the day on which it is advertised to take place, the period—

(i) beginning 24 hours before whichever is the earlier of the start of the match and the time at which it was advertised to start; and

(ii) ending 24 hours after it ends;

(b) in the case of a match which does not take place on the day on which it was advertised to take place, the period—

(i) beginning 24 hours before the time at which it was advertised to start on that day; and

(ii) ending 24 hours after that time.”